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In the June/July 2026 IMS Bulletin you’ll find photos of the 24 winners of the New Researcher Travel Awards and 22 winners of the Hannan Graduate Student Travel Awards.
Each IMS New Researcher Travel Award provides funding to an IMS member who has received their PhD within the past…
Ruobin Gong, Rutgers University, was one of the members of a panel at last year’s JSM, which discussed the teaching of data science using the Veridical Data Science framework developed by Bin Yu and Rebecca L. Barter. Ruobin writes:
Data Science in the Classroom: Let’s Get Real
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We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 IMS Hall Early Career Prize, the IMS Tweedie New Researcher Award, and the IMS Carver Medal.
Yuting Wei, Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, has received the 2026 …
Emeritus Professor Dr Shahjahan Khan of the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ), Australia, received Australia’s most prestigious civilian award, the Order of Australia Medal, on Australia Day 2026. The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia conferred this award for Professor Khan’s significant and sustained contribution to the Australian community over…
The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) has announced the winners of its Presidents’ Award, Scott Award and Distinguished Achievement Award.
COPSS Presidents’ Award: Weijie Su, University of Pennsylvania, “For statistical foundations of generative AI including the watermarking, alignment, and rankings of LLMs; for advances in privacy preserving…